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v,.lw , 7 . to march through this city and it; environ 3 litty left tbuir native country; crossed the seas and ":riVed dangers for no other purpose than to unite eir forces- with ours, in order to restoreporbeloved l'ei , :lioand to the Spanish Throne, from which he wafi hauled down by the roost diabolical intrigue and most infamous maneeuvres in a manner utterly wful to the. morals and politics of our philosophic I.e. Who of you is ignorant of the sacrifices which '':ngland is malcing to defend our just cause--who cacldiscern her favours, her magnanimity, and all the civic virtues she possesses—who does not see, .hat in these times she has proved the only barrier opposed to the absolute power of a tyrant, whose boundless ambition aims at the subjugation of all Europe ? She alone, firm ,and unshaken in her prin ciples, maintains social order and gallantry, asserts the eternal rights of man .she, at all 'times placed the head of the human race, has a thousand times staggered the Emperor of the French in the very .-ahinet where he formed the plan of universal. de struilion. Let the English name-- , let the august and sacred name of George the Third resound from tLe columns ofliercules'to the Pyreneei; and shouts nd acclamations from Cadiz to London.; and from to. Lisbon. May the bonds of our alliance and friend,hip be tied still closer. Let us give that generous nation the utmost unequivocal proofs of our gratitude ; let us afford them the most friendly reception ; let us clasp the English_ soldiers in our arms, as our brother and our companion, and should there unfortunately be found among us any man so ill disposed as not to fulfil that sacred duty, let him ; , c immediately struck out of the list of our fellow eit'zens, and let him be branded for ever with the horrid mark - of ingratitude. ‘‘ MANUEL-DE ECHEVANIA." " Ccria, 28 Tune, 18,9. • BAnkooz, JULY (Intelligence from Madrid.) On the 2d, 3d, and 4th inst. considerable agitation was observed among the French ; they made several detentions, and sent away many carciages, laden with invalids, civil officers and equipage; on the 4th, at night, .the plate belonging to. Marshal Jor dan- and.two other Generals, was packed up, and the intrusive King was making preparations for his journey to Granja ; the day before yesterday the works at the country palace and at the Retiro were discontinued; but the most remarkable is, that a considerable quantity of artillery, bombs, and gre - nad:-s has been sent to Castile. COIMDRA, JULY 13.-'--By intelligence from our frontiers, it appears that the head-quarters of the Eritish array were, on the 30th of June, at Zarea Mayor ; and by advices received yesterday we learn, tiont they m. ere since at Placentia. General Cuesta had sent a Lieutenant. Generll to the latter place, to compihnent General Wellelley, and, it is probable, also ,to_ confer upon the operations of the two . at nuies. The army of Sebastiani had wholly retired to the right bank of the Guadiana; his van-guard was posted in Consuegra Matriligos and Villa Rubia; and tl:e head-quarters at Toledo ; the van-guard of the Spanish army was on the bridge of the quadiana, supported by a division stationed at Villa Harta, and another at Daimiel ; the corps of reserve was at Aianzanares. TARRAGONA, JUNE i Somatenes of Doc tor Rovtra, which are some of the best organized, h,ive taken fro n the French 60 carts laden with .bombs, 15 with powder, 300 mules, and 100 oxen, all of which had left Figneiras for the siege. of Ge rona. Dolor Rovira, at first, bad only 200 men pri,ted with muskets, and at present he has 1500 well armed, and maintained by what they have taken front the French, without ha% ing been burdensome to the ,Government. They have now joined other Somate`nes, and have entered France, exacting c-n -tribudons of the towns in the distriEt which. they Lvade. SEVILLE, JULY 7.—Lieutenant-General de Vi nepi 11:3S sera the following Report, to Dun Antonia " I hat;o the honour to transmit to your Excel lency the . Report of ?he aEtion of Taralba, which I nave received from Colonel Don Louis Lacy, and which i 3 ai follows." ic MOST EXCELLENT SIR, The first trial of flying corps, composed of the, regiment 4)f Burgos, of a company of the eliasseurs. Cut,nca, and the regiment of cavalry of Francisco, . was tande yesterday in the environs of Turalba, by i-urprising and routing the Ist regiment of the Polish the 80th 26th regiments of French chasseurs, and two chasseurs and two Westphalian of light horse, with two pieces of cannon. Alaout five o'clock in the .afternoon I received inter= ill;ence that the .first enemy :s corps occupied that I ,hice ; 1, hastened from Aitnagro to attack, in that flace.. the tnemy, 'and gave the necessary' orders to com:tience the attack as soon as the obscurity o 1 the ta'ght should -favour my design. As soon as it was ri:trk, I watched at the head of 114 troops, and occu ,pied a large Idin close to the town, where, consi tl,.;..rinA the tirre Dot ition and surtiority of the -ene my,--a most glorious ani on was fought. The field wi.is covered with tlw enerny's slain his'wounded must be very,nUmer6us ; lances, helmets, all de scriptions of arms, horses, and one sole prisoner to i';ear witness to the faer, are the fruit of that forte-' ; late night, in whiCh our troops fought with' un-' ctimmon 'gallantry and enthusiasm...—we were in fortnecf by the said, prisoner, and by two German who bayedeser.ted, that the enemy stappose to have been attacked by ?000 Spaniards; which . . retended sui,pp'Sitton t. ts, perhaps, merely intended fo covet - the disgrace of being attacked . by - only 900 foot an.l 330 cavalry: FOrnese° made a most spiri:f ;:trick—all the Officers and men did their duty, and Dun Anionith Vargas; whti commanded the light parties. Burgos also exceeded even • my'expeata tion ; and although the'consideraiion that I.arn at the head of that regiment' ought, perhaps, to pre-, yeti( me horn saying' any thing in its praise, yet it Is impossible for me to suppress my sentiments to- Wards a corps, whose Officers and men4aete4 with that steadiness and composure of mind which are certain forerunners of viatory. The enemy did' n or dare to intercept our retreat, which it was ne-L ,:,!.zary to make, in consequence of advice having en receiycd of a considerable corps of the enemy's !;yrsp,:liat ing arriti d , Tire deserters t . )4 le enenly'glos:: piiP,ists is il4 killed, a great nyany u ptmciol, a fllong y.:4oai is thti Ogr lt.).s, is trifiliya—lbilall 'tate : t e~act7 L 0 ND 0-IV, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1809. It was confidently reported ,this morning, that .Government had received intelligence, by the Tele graph, of the - capture of the Island of Walcheren, but upon inquiry we find that no official accounts whatever have been received from the Expedition. We are, however, able to state that a foreign ves sel has arrived at Harwich, from off the Dutch Coast, from whence she sailed an Wednesday night. The Master states, that before he sailed he received positive intelligence that the Island of Walcheren had surrendered to his Majesty's arms. A Mail from Lisbon arrived this morning: the folloWing• is the only intelligence of any importance which it contains:— " LISBON, JULY 19.—Acconing to the latest ac counts Sir A. WELLESLEY was still at Placentia on the 12th, waiting the arrival of the light troops un der General CRAWFORD!. Just before this Paper was put to Press we receiv ed Hamburgh Papers of the 26th, Berlin of the 22d, 'and Prague of the 17th. We have only time to make the' following Extra6ts : " BANKS OF THE MAINE, JULY 20.—The Empe ror FRANCIS still resides at Olmutz. The head quarters of the Archduke CHARLES are at Iglau.— On the 17th a corps of French cavalry entered Nuremberg. " Orders have been given in Hanover to arrest all Austrian deserters,-and, in general, military persons, and all other foreigners who have no passports." ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. " A Congress for Peace is spoken of, to-be held in Moravia or at Vienna. The Emperor FRANCIS, ac cording to some accounts, is gone from Ohnutz to Hungary. With resped to the statement in the Strasburgh Gazette, that the" Archduke CHARLES had gone himself to BUONAPARTE'S head-quarters, it is not confirmed. " BERLIN, JULY 22.—Every thing is likely to be arranged between Sweden and Russia, the terms are, the surrender ot.Finland, and of the Aland, and the shutting the Swedish ports against England. "DRESDEN, JULY 17.—0 n the 14th inst. about ten o'clock in the morning, the vanguard of the Austrian troops entered this city ; every thing is per feCtly tranquil. The Armistice was announced heie this day, by the firing of cannon." This morning we received, German Papers of the 22d ult. They contain some particulars 'respeEling the battles of . the sth and 6th, which would have been highly interesting if they had not unfortunately been followed by the Armistice. Our letter from Yarinoilth states, that.an Austrian Messenger had:arrived there, with an account that -the Archduke CHARLES had refused to ratify the Ar nistice ; but .the Messenger is stated to have left the Austrian head=cluarters on . the 9th 'ult. which was three days before the Armistice was signed. The decision of the Court . Martial upon the trial of Admiral GAMBIER, must give entire satisfaEtion to the 'country at large. It is, indeed, highly grati fying to find that a gallant veteran, whose life has been passed in the service of his country, and who has risen to the highest honours' in a profession, characterised by the greatest difficulty and danger, is destined to wear those hennas in untarnished lus tre. The whole course of the trial tended to ex- Cite a conviclion that the Admiral had done every thing which zeal, ability, experience and judgment, could suggest, and such a con viEtion operating on his own honourable apd delicate mind, induced him to require an investigation of his condud, against the loose reports that were floating abroad. We admire the enterprising spirit of Lord COCHRANE, and ,hope that such gallant characters will always be found in the British Navy, but we trust that he will be more guarded in future. Indeed, after-the testimony which has been given in favour of 1.,0rd GAME/ER, by so many distinguished charaaers it) the Navy, we hope that we do justice to Lord CockramlE supposing, that he himself must rejoice in the yea* of that invpgigatio2, which his clip un. refleEting comments bad occasioned. A more ho nourable Court, or one composed of Members better qualified to decide, never was constituted, and there fore the Judgment which they have delivered refle6ts additional lustre on the Noble Veteran in whose fa vour it was awarded. The conduct of the Party 'who so far disgraced the Common Council on Tuesday last, as to carry a Vote of Thanks to Mr: WARDLE, and a string of inflammatory Resolutions, only worthy of a drunken mob at a tavern, must excite regret in every goOd Citizen. Mr. DIXON, in signifying that he should bring forward a motion to rescind the former Vote of Thanks to Mr.WARDLE, unless the latter could clear hiss charaCter from the . odium which had been brotight upon it by the trial, in consequence Of the demand of Mr. WRIGHT, gave Mr. WARDLE a full opportunity of - doing so if .it were in his power. After-such condual as the circumstances brought to light, evinced on the part of Mr. VV'ARDLE, what man, who has any regard to decency, could consider him as deserVing of a Vote of Thanks from the -firseCity in the world. Mr. Dr:.str.c., therefore, as a Member of its Corporation,. felt that it was neces sary to support its character and to prevent a pros titution of its honours. Hence he could not let the trial pass without an intimation that the City of London should be certain that Mr.lVAnncE deserved its honours, and if not, deliberately to retraet what it had too hastily conferred. But Mr. WAITHMAN and his party, who resolved, through thick and thin, to sup port Mr. WADDLE, paidlittle regard to the credit of the City, and therefore took Mr. Dixota's motion 'out of his hands,. despising the delicacy, candour, justice, and public spirit, which governed the mind of that gentleman, and brought it forward at an un seasonable period, when he knew that only such men as himself were likely to attend the Court, and . when he knew that. clamour could carry any thing, in opposition to reason, common sense, and decency. Such is the history of the proceedings of Tuesday last, but those proceedings will not be considered as' disgraceful to the Citizens of London in general, who must look on them with contempt, and they , can only be disgraceful to the party who brought them forward, and who, indeed, need not mind what they do, since they are sufficiently odious and contemptible. Letters from Monte Video, dated in May last, and brought to Falmouth by the John. Parish, from Rio de la Plata, alter a passage of sixty-three days, state, that LINIERS' change conduct in faVour of FERDIN AND VII. has restored . to him all his former popularity ; that he has been confirmed by the 'ne ther country in his post of Governor of South Arnerica, invested with new titles, and raised. to the rank of a Grandee of Spain. The enemy's priva teers have, lately been very on the South American coasts. • Such has been the demand• for'small armssfor the: Grand Expedition, that an order has been made by. the Board of Ordnance, for 22,000 Muskets to be sent from the- depot at Weedon; this requisition - ' was received on Saturday se;nnight, -and the whole • was packed in cases and sent off for London .on . Monday morning, by canal boats. On this occasion nearly two companies of the Bedford Militia, Sta tinned at . Weedon, were employed on the duty.— The arms will be re-placed from Birmingham. Upwards of 120 pieces of artillery are, said to be at the above depot, with amthuniti6n .Waggons„ forges, &c: all in perfect order for immediate service. Yesterday a meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, of the new Renters of the late Theatre Royal, Drury-lane; Mr. HOSIER in the Chair. - Mr.' SHERIDAN attended, and proposed that each Renter should accept of 121. 10s. per annum, with a free admission, instead of 251. the usual an nui!y, or 151. without a free admission. This he offered to have guaranteed on undoubted security, - and that he would, before the 'first of March next, have a fund to rebuild -the Theatre_; consenting,'at the same time, to enter into en engagement, that if he failed in providing the fund at'the time stipulated, he would forfeit all his interest in 'the Theatre and Patent. This prOposal was listened to with the greatest complacency by the Renters, and a Com mittee was appointed to commune with Mr. SHERI DAN' from time to time. It Was also intimated, that the Drury-lime Company were to 'perforaa at the. Lyceum Theatre, the ensuing winter season, under Abe patent; and that it was expeaed that ,the Renters would forego all claims .until the new Theatre was, built; in which proposal they also ap peared to acquiesce. There were about sixty Renters present ; and all the-Trustees, except. Mr. GRAHAM, who, .we are concerned to state, is ill at Worthing. • LYCtUM.—Mr. AalloLt!,..who has been indefa tigable in presenting novelties to the public, last night brought forward a new Ballet d'Action, en entitled Enapsiehou or The , Forest Fiend. The fable is adapted to the taste- of the times, and is charged. with horrific matter. The Hero of the piece is a German Desperado, who,. under a terrific disgUise, perpetrates the most outrageous deeds, and spreads terror wherever he appears. -The story is. expanded with -skill and is clearly developed. The piece has derived every-advantage from the liberality of the Manager, as the dresses, scenery, &c. are well calculated to give it due effe&. The Performers ex erted themselves ably,. partiCularly Miss LUPINO. The Music, which is appropriate, animated, and va rious, was composed by Mr. C. SMITH. The Prin cess of WALES, and a long list of the fashionable orders were present, and the piece was received with very warm applause by a numerous audience. The port ot'Liverpool was never known to be so foil of shipping as it is at this time : 7 --In"Gore's pa per of Thursday last; there ai.e. Igo vessels adver 7 tied for different places, or for freight or charter 1 a great mpjoriv of which are AnletiCao. SECOND EDITION. SUN-OFFICE, HALF PAST TWO, P. M. We stop the Preis `to state, that a Mercantile House of great respeEtability, received a Letter this morning from Rotterdam of a very recent date, which positively asserts, that intelligence had been received there of the rupture of the Armistice, and adds, that another battle had taken place between the French and Austrians, in which the former were defeated, with the loss of 14,000 men. We cannot, of course, pledge ourselves for the truth of this account, but we know that the Letter comes from a person likely to obtain authentic in formation on the Subje6l. • as inn as I receive the return hom the different. corps. Calzadide Calatrara, 29th tune, 18 , 7 , 9. " Louis LACY." (Government Gazette, 7th Jaly,) TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Third Letter to Colonel WARDLE , shall appear on Monday. MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Lisbon, r Dublin. titre—•l Gottenburgh, i Malta, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols •- - • 681 1 Red. Ann. . 6S; THE SUN. 10L14 QUIB DICIER/ ZALSUIa AUDIAT ? NAVAL NEWS. YARMOUTH, AUGUST 4.—The Phcenir packets Captain JAcoEs, arrived this morning, from Heligo' land, with mails and passengers. She also brought an Austrian Messenger, charged with dispatches for his Majesty's Ministers, who states, that the Lmpe ror had refused to ratify the Armistice ; and that the Austrians had, in the late battles, taken 12,000 pri soners. The Messenger left the Austrian head' quarters the gth ult. DOVER, AUGUST 4.—No less than three French privateers were discovered within a short distance of our shore, between sevcn and eight o'clock last night, and when the night shut in one of them at' tacked a brig, whose name we cannot learn, GRAT" TIN master, bound from Hull to the Mediterranean , with bale goods, and nearly drove her ashore in the bay, keeping up a constant firing of musquetry, by which the Captain was wounded in the elbow, and brought on shore between ten and eleven ; at one time the privateer was within pistol-shot of the Pie r. ' head a firing was commenced from the batteries, which had the effect of alarming the coast, and obliged the privateers to stand off, without, it is hoped, making any capture. GERMAN PAPERS. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. BANKS OF THE ELBE, JULY 21. --- Letters from Vienna, coming from very respealable sources, re' present the loss of the French, in the battle of Vila' gram,, as very considerable. Near thirty Marshal_. and, Generals were wounded. (,),! die bth,. the -In habitants of Vienna reccived orders to prel' ar e quarters for thirty-two thousand wounded French' men. On the same day, the Duke of IsTRI A ' (Marshal • BEssrEaEs,) arrived there badly wound' • ed, besides Generals RA - 2P,. FRERE, and sore ral others. " Some say BESSIERES is dead of h i; `wounds; as well as General Dussu s. The Austrians have also taken a great number of prisoners, veral ices of cannon, and other booty. T 136 Berlin Gazette, which is prohibited here; .15 said to direaly contradict the French Bulletin s, and the gascnnading contained in the prints of M u ' . nieb, Swtgarcl, and otherJouvnals of the COnfecir r tion of the Rhine. In an official Bulletin published 'by the, Arch' duke at Prague; on the lith, he maintains, that h 6 never w4s forced in his centre ncr right wing;' b ° has, excluSive of 6000 Prisoners, taken an 'invincibl e position, in defiance of the enemy. The Archduke JOHN, with the Hungarian Insurre6tion, has not at all been in the action. The same authentic private advices from Vienna , also state, that the road from Wagratu to the Atis — Irian Capital was _quite covered with the wag goll s conveying the wounded French. Officers and soldier" ?to that City. It is asserted, that if the Italia Arrq ,had not failed in its action with the Bavarians under General WltinE, the Archduke CHARLES Would have'obtained a complete vi63ory. There are also private advices, confirmed by t he Berlin Gazettes, stating the agreeable. intelligeP e , that the Austrians have re-entered Dresden, LeiPt and other parts of Saxony, since the 14 t h inst. ai ) the Duke of ABRANTES has been defeated in P c ; reith by Field-Marshal Lieutenant KINMEYEA) a * obliged to evacuate that country with considerable loss. The popular commOtions• at Bremen, and fo r '. di cularly,in Hanover, owing to the ru t nou t of a' sPee A -a„ t arrival of a British army, have been very serious. Hanover, the veteran soldiers of his Majesty stoPP e by force, the money which, by order of. the FrenC h ' was to be transported out of the- country. The great Expedition preparing in England seed's to hav e panic-struck the, French and their friends ; and the King of Westphalia, and his army will irnmediar ely , enter Hanover. Fifteen hundred Poles from the Russian fortresses are said to be on their march to gar4son Hamburgh' frotn.whence the French Minister is gone to l'rave- munde. '1:49 Berlin quctte, iD consequence 'of its Parti°4.